The State of the Union Address is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current condition of the nation. "First State of the Union Address" is the first address to the sitting congress of the United States of America in 1853. This annual message directed to the Senate and House of Representatives was dated December 5, 1853 and it was delivered by Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States serving from 1853 to 1857.
